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What is the most cost-effective approach to administering vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV)? A just-released analysis concludes vaccination will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in young adolescent girls, targeting initial "catch-up" efforts to vaccinate women younger than age 21, and by revising current screening policies.
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Take a poll among your female patients about their preferences surrounding their menstrual cycle. How many would prefer to get their periods less often?
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Is rapid HIV testing in use in your family planning facility? Findings from a 2007 survey conducted by the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors Rapid point to "yes"; 94% of health departments indicated they use rapid HIV testing as part of health department-supported HIV testing programs.
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Review the chart for the next patient. According to her history, for about 10 days of every month, she experiences depression, marked anxiety, sudden mood shifts, persistent irritability, and bloating.
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Well, after my erudite presentation, the attending, who happened to be a cardiologist trained in the pre-interventional era, sat back and said, "Son, remember the heart is not a chronometer."
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A collaboration of pharmacists, physicians, psychologists, and other researchers have begun a study to see how hospital pharmacists, communicating with patients, community physicians, and pharmacies, might impact patient outcomes post-discharge.
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Although hospital pharmacists and other staff have had some time to become accustomed to barcode technologies at many health care organizations, there continues to be a need to study how the process can be expanded and improved.
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Barcode technology provides hospitals with efficiencies and the potential benefits of improved medication safety, but there can be problems with the technology due to workflow issues.
